Chandrayaan-3 to attempt lunar orbit capturing on August 5

Friday, 4 August 2023
India’s third lunar mission will attempt to capture an orbit around Moon on August 5. “The spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to Moon and LOI is set for August 5, around 7pm,” Isro said Friday. Early on August 1, the spacecraft, through the trans-lunar injection (TLI), had achieved an orbit of 288km x 3.7-lakh-km and entered Moon’s sphere of influence.

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